July 15, 2012

Coming kits ...

1. 6" stand mount kit


Two way passive speaker - bass reflex.
SB Acoustics midwoofer and ring radiator tweeter.
Flat pack with 18mm MDF.
Pre-assembled crossover.
Active crossover option available.
Box and crossover upgrades.

There are a lot of "me too" stand mount speakers out there, but there are two reasons behind this offer. The first is that the demise of LSK has left a void in the market. The second is that I would like to lift the standard of kits. Typical kit offerings have butt jointed MDF, meaning a painted finish won't work well as seams will appear. Veneering is a good choice but ends up with square edges and no attention to baffle edge diffraction. The design I have in mind here allows for a painted front baffle - easily done with a low cost spray can. All other edges can be veneered and there is a groove between the two finishes.

There are options out there for small, cheap speakers. This isn't an attempt to compete with those, but instead it's aimed as competition to higher end speakers.

2. Transmission line floorstanders

Two way passive transmission line.
SB Acoustics midwoofer and ring radiator tweeter.
Flat pack with 18mm MDF.
Pre-assembled crossover.
Active crossover option available.
Box and crossover upgrades.

The transmission line speaker shown here is my most popular page to date. The beauty of a transmission line is that you get the extension of a bass reflex yet the design allows the entire box to be filled, resulting in a very neutral and natural midrange and tight articulate bass.

3. Open baffle kit

High sensitivity design with a hybrid active/passive crossover, neo compression driver with a waveguide, 6" mid and pro woofers.

4. Home Cinema LCR

An Econowave style speaker with a 10" midwoofer, ideally suited to home theatre.

5. Surround

TBA ...

6. 18" HT sub

Home theatre subwoofer with a high excursion 18" sub driver. Intended for use with an external amplifier and DSP.

7. 18" active woofer

TBA ...

4 comments:

  1. Hi Paul. Do you have any more info on the 6" stand mount design? *very* interested in this for a friend who was asking me for speaker advice just yesterday. took her out to listen to a range of stand mount speakers today, to give her some idea of what is possible. the intent was always to build either a kit, or design something though. what kind of timeframe are we looking at for the 6" kit, and what kind of ball park $$?

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  2. I'm aiming to do the 6" kit for approx $800. I might also be offering a matching stand for an attractive price. Time frame? Around 1 month +

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  3. Paul was wondering if you were interested in doing kits with plans for construction and drivers only? I need to keep costs down as much as possible and have construction skills.
    Snibo

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